Alan Arkin News

The area premiere of the suspense thriller "Wait Until Dark" opens Nov. 6 for a two-weekend run at the Royalton Players.

Lots of readers, perhaps gleening where this conversation was heading anyway, have already started sending me nominations for the worst remakes .

Discussing his performance in the movie Wait Until Dark , Alan Arkin said: "I terrorized Audrey Hepburn in that film and have since appeared in a series of heartwarming PBS films to make up for it." The character Arkin played, Harry Roat Jr., is a pretty vile creature.

Indie filmmakers Jill and Karen Sprecher have signed for their first movie in nearly a decade, the Midwest-set drama "The Convincer." Minnesota-based producer-financier Werc Werk Works will produce, while Jill Sprecher will direct from a script the sisters wrote.

From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine ,comes a film that is very similar. Besides the word "Sunshine," the films share plots dealing with down-on-their-luck, dysfunctional families including precocious children and a foul-mouthed grandfather played by Alan Arkin.

Post Grad tries to do three things at once-and half-hits the mark on only one. Part of it is wacky Little Miss Sunshine family time, with Carol Burnett in the Alan Arkin part and Michael Keaton as the clueless paterfamilias.

P ost Grad tries to do three things at once - and half-hits the mark on only one.

In his review of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection , Judge Christopher Kulik provided a comprehensive account of the history, style, and nostalgic value of the series.

When 47-year-old Barney Cashman decides he doesn't want to be left behind in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, he delves into adultery, three times.

Northside Theatre Company's 'Luv' is a cage match pitching male sentimentality against female pragmatism By Ben Marks T HERE IS a line late in the second act of Murray Schisgal's Luv , now being presented by Northside Theatre Company in San Jose, that is apparently important enough to the playwright that he has put the words into his characters' ...

SUNSHINE CLEANING ** DIRECTED BY: CHRISTINE JEFFS STARRING: AMY ADAMS, EMILY BLUNT, ALAN ARKIN, STEVE ZAHN SUNSHINE Cleaning comes from the makers of Little Miss Sunshine, and if the prominence of the word "sunshine" in the title isn't enough to clue you into that fact, the just-quirky-enough story, the anywhere-USA setting, the lovably ...

Blake Edwards may have created the character of Jacques Clouseau and The Pink Panther series, Peter Sellers is the man who defined the role.

Back in 1974, this type of frenetic crud was considered to be popular entertainment.

Grumpy guy: Grandpa Edwin Hoover Grampas can grump-out over a lot of things. Maybe the soup's too hot, the coffee's too cold, or the room is too room-temperature. But for Edwin Hoover, he really misses smack and strippers.

A co-worker noted he has high hopes for the new "Land of the Lost" movie, judging by its trailer.

A cache of drugs ends up in the wrong place, placing the unwitting recipients in jeopardy.

Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Jack Weston, Julie Herrod Director: Terence Young Screenwriter: Robert Carrington Young, who directed "Dr. No", "From Russia With Love" and "Thunderball" turns his urbane eye on this Frederick Knott play.

A cache of drugs ends up in the wrong place, placing the unwitting recipients in jeopardy.

Neil Pond American Profile May 5, 2009 Sunshine Cleaning * Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt & Alan Arkin * Rated R The previews for 'Sunshine Cleaning' make it look like a comedy.

Let's start May with a milestone! It will be a celebration at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences this evening, as the museum will present the Natural Horror Picture Show's 100th Anniversary Celebration and Trivia Contest.